12 Dec, meeting the clown of the forest

We loved the proboscis monkeys, they are endemic to Borneo and just amazingly funny monkeys. The small pointy noses are the females'... the long trunk-like ones are the males... The bigger the nose the bigger the @%^& of course. They live in harems with one dominant male, only, for all the females; a more than 20 to 1 ratio, so the big guy is rather busy !!! The young males wait their turn at not too close range. Not only are they plain ugly but they also have a disgracious cry (a very loud OW)and they fart (they eat poisonous leaves and have several stomachs to digest them...). But they are the most thrilling site we've seen to date. The last picture is my favourite; imagine witnessing it

Other monkeys like the silver macaque below also join the proboscis for addtional feeding by the tourists...

And the hornbills are never too far, if there's a chance of a pisce of banana...